ASHEVILLE - With "280-degree views" of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the new Embassy Suites by Hilton Asheville Downtown hotel officially opened Dec. 29 at 192 Haywood St., adding 188 new hotel rooms ...

The hotel will offer 188 one-room and two-room guest suites, an event space of nearly 7,000 square feet, a ground-level year-round indoor pool, plus other amenities.